CICS TS is the world's premier enterprise class transaction processor and is designed to enable customers to create and maintain a competitive advantage. It continues to deliver innovative and essential technology to enable customers to deliver on their business imperatives, now and to the future.

CICS IA can help you discover what resources comprise an Application, the dependencies it has on services provided by the Platform, and the capabilities it provides to end users. CICS PA allows you to fine tune your Application performance and identify bottlenecks.

An Application Binding is used to deploy the same Application to different Platforms. A platform can evolve to meet the requirements of new or updated Applications and changing operational demands. CICS DA can help you quickly set up your Platform. CICS Configuration Manager enables you to efficiently manage the new Application and Platform definitions.

This presentation will cover CICS use of the Unix Systems Services File Systems (HFSand ZFS). The installation and resource usage requirements will be discussed. Bestpractices for the use of zFS and CICS will be explored.